A victory in women’s curling and a strong performance in cross-country skiing are among the highlights so far for Canada on day 12 of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Canada fell short of medalling in several events, but it has another opportunity to do so later in the day.
Here’s what you may have missed so far on day 12, which began Tuesday night and is continuing Wednesday morning.
Canada’s Antoine Cyr and Graham Ritchie had a strong race in their heat in the men’s team sprint classic semifinals, finishing fourth for a spot in the final.
Cyr and Ritchie continued to ski well in the final, but were no match for Norway, Finland and the Russian Olympic Committee that won gold, silver and bronze, respectively. The Canadian duo finished fifth.
In the women’s team sprint classic, Canadians Katherine Stewart-Jones and Dahria Beatty finished sixth in their semifinal heat and were not fast enough to advance to the finals.
(L-R) Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Team Norway, Joni Maki of Team Finland and Graham Ritchie of Team Canada compete during the men’s cross-country team sprint classic semifinals on day 12 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre on Feb. 16 in Zhangjiakou, China.
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Canada’s Max Moffatt had fun on the freeski slopestyle course at Genting Snow Park, and improved through each of his three runs with a best score of 70.4 in the third.
But that was only good enough for ninth place overall in the final rankings, missing out on a medal.
Canada’s Max Moffatt competes in the men’s ski slopestyle final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022.
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Erik Read finished 24th overall in the men’s slalom final with a combined time of 1:49.10 across two runs — five seconds behind French skier Clement Noel’s gold medal-winning time.
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Fellow Canadian Trevor Philp skied out on his first run and was eliminated from the competition.
Erik Read, of Canada passes a gate during the second run of the men’s slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 16 in the Yanqing district of Beijing.
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Team Canada narrowly topped the United States 7-6 in women’s round robin play, the first of two sessions on day 12.
The squad now holds a 4-3 record ahead of its next match against China at 7:05 a.m. ET Wednesday.
They will have one more round robin session, facing Denmark, before learning if they advance to the semifinals later this week.
Dawn McEwen, Jennifer Jones, Jocelyn Peterman and Kaitlyn Lawes of Team Canada celebrate a win against Team United States during the women’s round robin session on day 12 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Aquatics Centre on Feb. 16 in Beijing, China.
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Megan Bankes, Sarah Beaudry, Emily Dickson and Emma Lunder finished 10th overall in the woman’s 4×6-kilometre relay final, crossing the finish line four minutes and 30 seconds behind gold medal winners Sweden.
Megan Bankes of Team Canada prepares to shoot during the second leg of the women’s biathlon 4x6km relay on day 12 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the National Biathlon Centre on Feb. 16 in Zhangjiakou, China.
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